Dociostaurus (Kazakia) brevicollis ( Eversmann, 1848 )

Şirin, Deniz, Mol, Abbas, Taylan, Mehmet Saýt, Demýr, Eyüp & Kizilocak, Dýlan Hevra, 2017, The Gomphocerinae Tarbinsky, 1932 (Orthoptera: Acrididae) fauna of the Turkish Thrace, Zootaxa 4299 (3), pp. 361-383 : 366

Dociostaurus (Kazakia) brevicollis ( Eversmann, 1848)

Oedipoda brevicollis Eversmann, 1848: 11 .

Distribution in the Palaearctic region: Balkans, Western Siberia, Czechoslavakia, Iran, Caucasia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, European part of Russia, Turkey, Somali ( Soltani 1978; Mol & Zeybekoğlu 2013; Şirin & Mol 2013).

Distribution in the Turkish Thrace: KIRKLARELİ: Lüleburgaz, Hamidabat Village pasture 23.VI.1969, 1 ♀♀ ( Karabağ et al. 1971).

Material examined: EDİRNE: Lalapaşa, Hanlıyenice exit, 247m a.s.l., N: 41°52.417’ E: 26°40.519’, 18.VI.2013, 13 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, leg.: D. Şirin & E. Demir (Calling song recorded from two males at 31 ˚C in the laboratory conditions by E. Demir); TEKİRDAĞ: The Campus area of Namık Kemal University, 85m a.s.l., N: 41°00.045’ E: 27°35.029’, 04.VI.2012, 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, leg.: D. Şirin; Çorlu, Ulaş, 123m a.s.l., N: 41°14.258’ E: 27°44.806’, 05.VI.2014, 4 ♂♂, 7 ♀♀, leg.: E. Demir ( Fig. 6 A).

Description of song: D. brevicollis male calling song consists of a long polysyllabic phrase ( Fig. 6 B). The calling song mostly lasts for 3–21 s. Syllable numbers vary between 6 and 38 in a phrase ( Fig. 6 B). The syllable durations are usually changing between 40 and 75 ms. Each syllable in phrase commonly contains 2–4 high amplitude pulses with a rapid crescendo structure. The initial syllable duration is between 6 and 7 ms, the second syllable is of 8–10 ms and the last one is of 11 ms ( Figs. 6 C–D).

Published song data, used for comparison: Ragge & Reynolds 1998, Tishechkin & Bukhvalova 2009; Şirin & Mol 2013.

Figures

FIGURE 6. The distribution of Dociostaurus (Kazakia) brevicollis population in Turkish Thrace Region, circle represent the location of collected samples during this study and triangle represent the former records in material examined subtitle (A) and male calling song oscillograms at three different time scales (B, C and D).